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<p><span style="color: rgb(3, 31, 115); font-family: Calibri; font-size: 18px;">Submission are solicited to the 18h Workshop on Computational Models of Natural Argument, to be held in conjunction with </span><a href="http://aisb2018.csc.liv.ac.uk/" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(49, 190, 242); font-family: Verdana; font-size: 15px; font-style: italic;">AISB
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<span style="font-size:18px; font-family:Calibri; color:rgb(3,31,115)">Paper submission will be handled by the Easychair conference system. </span><span style="font-family:Calibri; font-size:18px; color:rgb(3,31,115)">Please submit your paper </span><span style="font-size:18px; font-family:Calibri; color:rgb(3,31,115)"><a href="https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=cmna18" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(49,190,242)">here</a></span><span style="font-family:Calibri; font-size:18px; color:rgb(3,31,115)">.</span></p>
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<li style="font-size:1.4em; line-height:1.6em"><span style="color:rgb(3,31,115); font-size:18px; font-family:Calibri">Paper submission (all categories): <s>10 January 2018</s> </span><span style="color:rgb(205,28,0); font-size:18px; font-family:Calibri">Extended:
22 January 2018</span></li><li style="font-size:1.4em; line-height:1.6em"><span style="color:rgb(3,31,115); font-family:Calibri; font-size:18px">Notification to authors: 15 February 2018</span></li><li style="font-size:1.4em; line-height:1.6em"><span style="color:rgb(3,31,115); font-family:Calibri; font-size:18px">Final version of papers: 5 March 2018</span></li><li style="font-size:1.4em; line-height:1.6em"><span style="font-family:Calibri; font-size:18px; color:rgb(3,31,115)">Early registration deadline: from the </span><span style="color:rgb(3,31,115)"><a href="http://aisb2018.csc.liv.ac.uk/" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(49,190,242); font-family:Verdana; font-size:15px; font-style:italic">AISB
2018</a> </span><span style="font-family:Calibri; font-size:18px; color:rgb(3,31,115)">website</span></li><li style="font-size:1.4em; line-height:1.6em"><span style="color:rgb(3,31,115); font-family:Calibri; font-size:18px">CMNA 18: one day workshop during the AISB conference 4th - 6th April 2018 (exact date to be announced)</span></li><li><br>
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as<a href="http://www.aisb.org.uk/aisbpublications/convention-proceedings" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(49,190,242)"> </a></span><span style="color:rgb(3,31,115); font-family:Calibri; font-size:18px; text-align:justify"><a href="http://www.aisb.org.uk/aisbpublications/convention-proceedings" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(49,190,242)">AISB
Convention Proceedings</a></span><span style="color:rgb(3,31,115); font-family:Calibri; font-size:18px; text-align:justify">. </span><font color="#000000" face="Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:13.3333px"><a href="http://ceur-ws.org/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" id="LPlnk754243" style="font-size:13.3333px" previewremoved="true"></a></span></font><br style="color:rgb(33,33,33); font-size:13.3333px">
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<span style="color:rgb(33,33,33); font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:12pt">The workshop focuses on the issue of modelling "natural" argumentation. Contributions are solicited addressing, but not limited to, the following areas of interest:</span><br style="color:rgb(33,33,33); font-size:13.3333px">
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<span style="color:rgb(33,33,33); font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:12pt"> * The characteristics of natural arguments: ontological aspects and cognitive issues.</span><br style="color:rgb(33,33,33); font-size:13.3333px">
<span style="color:rgb(33,33,33); font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:12pt"> * Personalisation and tailoring of argument to a specific audience</span><br style="color:rgb(33,33,33); font-size:13.3333px">
<span style="color:rgb(33,33,33); font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:12pt"> * Models of arguer and models of audience</span><br style="color:rgb(33,33,33); font-size:13.3333px">
<span style="color:rgb(33,33,33); font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:12pt"> * The use of models from informal logic and argumentation theory, and in particular, approaches to specific schools of thought developed in informal logic and argumentation.</span><br style="color:rgb(33,33,33); font-size:13.3333px">
<span style="color:rgb(33,33,33); font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:12pt"> * Rhetoric and affect: the role of emotions, personalities, etc. in models of argumentation.</span><br style="color:rgb(33,33,33); font-size:13.3333px">
<span style="color:rgb(33,33,33); font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:12pt"> * The roles of manoeuvering and deceit and the ethical implications of implemented systems demonstrating such features.</span><br style="color:rgb(33,33,33); font-size:13.3333px">
<span style="color:rgb(33,33,33); font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:12pt"> * The linguistic characteristics of natural argumentation, including discourse markers, sentence format, referring expressions, and style. Persuasive discourse processing
(discourse goals and structure, speaker/hearer models, content selection, etc.). Language dependence and multilingual approaches. Empirical work based on corpora looking at these topics are especially welcomed.</span><br style="color:rgb(33,33,33); font-size:13.3333px">
<span style="color:rgb(33,33,33); font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:12pt"> * Non-monotonic, defeasible and uncertain argumentation.</span><br style="color:rgb(33,33,33); font-size:13.3333px">
<span style="color:rgb(33,33,33); font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:12pt"> * Natural argumentation and media: visual arguments, multi-modal arguments, spoken arguments.</span><br style="color:rgb(33,33,33); font-size:13.3333px">
<span style="color:rgb(33,33,33); font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:12pt"> * Models of argumentation in multi-agent systems inspired by or based upon theories of human argument.</span><br style="color:rgb(33,33,33); font-size:13.3333px">
<span style="color:rgb(33,33,33); font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:12pt"> * Empirically driven models of argument in AI and Law.</span><br style="color:rgb(33,33,33); font-size:13.3333px">
<span style="color:rgb(33,33,33); font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:12pt"> * Evaluative arguments and their application in AI systems (such as decision support and advice giving).</span><br style="color:rgb(33,33,33); font-size:13.3333px">
<span style="color:rgb(33,33,33); font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:12pt"> * Issues of domain specificity, and in particular, the independence of argumentation techniques from the domain of application.</span><br style="color:rgb(33,33,33); font-size:13.3333px">
<span style="color:rgb(33,33,33); font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:12pt"> * Applications of computer supported collaborative argumentation, in realistic domains in which argument plays a key role, including pedagogy, e-democracy and public
debate.</span><br style="color:rgb(33,33,33); font-size:13.3333px">
<span style="color:rgb(33,33,33); font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:12pt"> * Applications of argumentation based systems, including, for example, the pedagogical, health-related, political, and promotional.</span><br style="color:rgb(33,33,33); font-size:13.3333px">
<span style="color:rgb(33,33,33); font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:12pt"> * Methods to better convey the structure of complex argument, including representation and summarisation.</span><br style="color:rgb(33,33,33); font-size:13.3333px">
<span style="color:rgb(33,33,33); font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:12pt"> * Tools for interacting with structures of argument, including visualisation tools and interfaces supporting natural, stylised or formal dialogue.</span><br style="color:rgb(33,33,33); font-size:13.3333px">
<span style="color:rgb(33,33,33); font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:12pt"> * The building of computational resources such as online corpora related to argumentation.</span><br style="color:rgb(33,33,33); font-size:13.3333px">
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<span style="color:rgb(33,33,33); font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:12pt">The workshop encourages submissions in four categories:</span><br style="color:rgb(33,33,33); font-size:13.3333px">
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<span style="color:rgb(33,33,33); font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:12pt"> * Long papers, either reporting on completed work or offering a polemic discussion on a burning issue (up to 10 pages).</span><br style="color:rgb(33,33,33); font-size:13.3333px">
<span style="color:rgb(33,33,33); font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:12pt"> * Short papers describing work in progress (up to 5 pages).</span><br style="color:rgb(33,33,33); font-size:13.3333px">
<span style="color:rgb(33,33,33); font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:12pt"> * Demonstration of implemented systems: submissions should be accompanied by written reports (up to 3 pages).</span><br style="color:rgb(33,33,33); font-size:13.3333px">
<span style="color:rgb(33,33,33); font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:12pt"> * Short abstract, describing a doctoral thesis summary or a project proposal (up to 2 pages).</span><br style="color:rgb(33,33,33); font-size:13.3333px">
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